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Temperature dependence of critical fiber length for glass fiber‐reinforced thermosetting resins
Author(s) -
Ohsawa Tadashi,
Nakayama Akira,
Miwa Minoru,
Hasegawa Akira
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1978.070221115
Subject(s) - materials science , composite material , fiber , thermosetting polymer , ultimate tensile strength , glass fiber
In discontinuous fiber‐reinforced composites, the critical fiber length plays an essential role in determining the mechanical properties. A method was devised to accurately determine the critical fiber length and the temperature dependence of the critical fiber length was studied for glass fiberepoxy and glass fiber‐unsaturated polyester resin composites. If a continuous glass fiber is embedded in the matrix and the system is subjected to a tensile strain greater than the fiber ultimate tensile strain, the fiber breaks into many pieces. If the average length of these broken pieces ( l̄ ) is measured, the critical fiber length ( lc ) is expressed as l c = 4/3 l̄ . The critical fiber length greatly increases with increasing temperature and the apparent shear strength at the interface, calculated from the critical fiber length, decreases linearly with increasing temperature.